Don't Blame Insurance Companies

November 27, 2013|Letter to the editor

Op-ed writer Frances Padilla apparently assigns blame to insurance companies for those previously without health care insurance, those now losing their health care insurance, and presumably, those who currently cannot purchase health care insurance since the rollout of the Affordable Care Act [Nov. 24, "Health Care Law Puts People First"].

I'm glad that has been cleared up, because I was under the impression that President Obama and the Democratic-controlled Congress passed a 3000-page health care bill that now dictates, by law, what types of health care plans that all insurance companies must provide and what health care coverage every citizen must now purchase. Grandmothers everywhere will be able to sleep well at night knowing that their new policies will cover maternity care.

There is a bait-and-switch going on. Sadly, it's the president who fooled the American people, not the insurance companies. It is now undeniable that the ACA will result in higher premiums, higher deductibles, and higher co-pays for many hard-working families. the Who else is going to pay for the millions of people who have no means to pay for it themselves? The millions of healthy 18- to 35-year-olds that the government desperately needs in order to make the ACA viable?